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American Airlines: Stylized American flag on the tail, with the upgraded eagle design near the front exit doors. A new livery was adopted in February 2013. Austrian Airlines: Red-white-red tailfin with chevron (symbolizing an airplane taking off) with drop shadow added. The recent revision of the logo removed the shadow.
Since January 2014, following the merger of US Airways with American Airlines, all US Airways aircraft, except for the heritage A319s and A321 noted below, were painted in American's livery. The first jet to re-enter revenue service was an Airbus A319, tail number N700UW, which previously sported a Star Alliance branding.
American Airlines [8] is a major airline in the United States headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, within the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.It is the largest airline in the world when measured by scheduled passengers carried, revenue passenger mile, and daily flights.
In aircraft livery design, a "hockey stick" means a continuation of the cheatline which is rotated through an angle so as to sweep upwards over the tail fin. Among the first hockey stick liveries were the Eastern Airlines' 1964 jet livery and Alitalia's 1970 livery. Hockey stick aircraft liveries remained in fashion until the late 1970s/early ...
Boeing customers that have received the most 777s are Emirates, Singapore Airlines, United Airlines, ILFC, and American Airlines. [2] Emirates is the largest airline operator as of 2018 [update] , [ 183 ] and is the only customer to have operated all 777 variants produced, including the -200, -200ER, -200LR, -300, -300ER, and 777F.
The longer-range 777-300ER and 777-200LR variants entered service in 2004 and 2006, respectively, while a freighter version, the 777F, debuted in 2009. [6] United Airlines first placed the 777 into commercial airline service in 1995. The most successful variant is the 777-300ER with 799 aircraft delivered and over 844 orders to date. [7]
American's wide-body aircraft are all Boeing airliners; however, nearly half of the airline's total fleet consists of Airbus aircraft. American Airlines is the world's largest operator of the 787-8, the smallest variant of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. [5] American exclusively ordered Boeing aircraft throughout the 2000s. [6]
The number of 777 customers had grown to 25 airlines by June 1997, with 323 aircraft on order. [2] On August 26, 2004, Singapore Airlines followed up with a US$4 billion order for the 777-300ER, including 18 firm orders and 13 options. [3] The combined orders would make the carrier's 777 fleet number 77 when deliveries were complete. [3]